Re: ELOP FAIL

"What, like Android and Apple? Everybody ships buggy software and fixes it later, welcome to reality!"

I think both iOS and Android have more than enough marketshare and a compelling enough ecosystem to get away with a number of bugs / omissions.

MS does not, because it is make or break for WP, so you are *completely* missing the point I was making.

If someone technically minded and knowledgeable like me washes their hands of the platform because of stupid fucking bugs which shouldn't have got through QA then what is the average customer going to do?

Re: ELOP FAIL

Even though you are being a dick about it, you have a slight point.

The fail is caused by the lack of interest and complacency by MS. They have shipped a half baked, buggy OS and expect it to take off somehow, without getting their finger out to fix the bugs and finish the baking.

I like WP, and I really wanted it to succeed, but MS are being entirely short sighted and blinkered and they need to get in the real world.

They need to fix the outstanding software issues and omissions pronto, because I do wonder how many people who buy a WP8 device return it or sell it on.

Fix the shortcomings with the companion apps (syncing / Xbox music et al). They are useless and horribly buggy.

Push software updates to all devices at once instead of the very obscure way they pushed the portico update to Lumia devices which succeeded in pissing off all the early adopters of unlocked phones.

The whole thing seems very haphazard and unplanned. I wonder if MS even has a roadmap for WP8, or are they blindly bumbling along randomly?

Re: Hmmm

Stick a 32GB class 10 SD into it and sync some music to it and watch it all go to fuck, probably requiring a factory reset to get into some state of normality. I suffered that on several occasions with both a Samsung and Sandisk micro SD, and that occurred with both with the shipped and the 'portico' update.

The whole Xbox music thing is an utter mess and completely unfit for purpose. The syncing applications are a load of shit. The micro SDcard support doesn't work with commodity class 10 cards and every now and again the mobile baseband will hang causing texts and calls not to get through. All documented issues on the Nokia support forums too, so definitely not an isolated case of bad hardware.

Those are the main reasons why I sold my 820, that and of course the complete lack of app traction.

The OS simply isn't ready. It needs a lot more work to bring it up to standard. It's been rushed, it feels rushed and it acts rushed. Which is a pity, because I was waiting for it a long time to replace my WP7 device.

Do what? 'Nobody exploits the boot-process.' - what a load of garbage.

The boot process is exploited by bootkits and some rootkits (TDL4 amongst others) to ensure their malicious code is ran before the Windows loader, making removal difficult because often even a format and reinstall will *not* get rid of the malware.

The initial infection happens in userspace, but after that, the malware is triggered on each boot.

Yeah, it's getting very old that one now. And I don't particularly like Apple either.

As well as fondleslab, and various other stupid terms that El Reg has hammered to death and beyond...think up some new ones guys, or just stop trying to be funny, because you really aren't. It's *boring* now. ;)

Updates...not as simple as that...

It depends on the device. The Nexus S is a Google sponsored phone, running stock Android which is aimed at developers mainly, so the updates come straight from Google and it should always have the latest version of Android. The Nexus One is the same.

With devices like the HTC Desire, Desire HD, Samsung Galaxy S, <insert random Android device here>, the updates come from the manufacturer, not Google. The manufacturers are not forced to update the devices, so many devices end up being either abandoned, or don't receive updates in a timely manner and end up being stuck on an old, insecure version.

I expect most of it is down to commercial reasons, why should manufacturers update their existing devices when you can force people to upgrade by abandoning them.

Take the HTC Desire for example, it's been 6 months now since the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) source was made public, and HTC still have not released a 2.3 update for the Desire, and HTC get the source *long* before it is made public.

There are 2 ways you can ensure you will always have the latest, most secure version of Android. Buy a device sponsored by Google, such as the Nexus S.

Or...do what I do, root your device and build your own ROM from the latest Android source, it's not *that* hard to do.

Highest Performing Packages

In my opinion, the highest performing free AV is Ariva. Any of the other free offerings, including MSE, will bog your system down. Avira also consistently has one of the best detection rates.

The highest performing paid AV I think is either Avira Premium and Norton AntiVirus (not Norton Internet Security). Symantec have really reduced the footprint and increased the performance of their client with the 2010/2011 offerings.

However, Avira Premium is cheaper and tends to consistently score higher than Norton on AV Comparatives tests.

Ads...

Rovio tweeted at the weekend that the reasons they didn't offer a paid version straight away and went for the ad supported model was that they wanted the game released worldwide, but paid apps aren't available in some countries and paid apps have never done particularly well on Android.